CVE-2019-14905

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.6)—

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Base score: 5.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.71%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 52
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (8)

Fedoraproject — Fedora Opensuse — Backports SLE Opensuse — Leap Redhat — Ansible Engine Redhat — Ansible Tower Redhat — Ceph Storage Redhat — Cloudforms Management Engine Redhat — Openstack

CWEs

CWE-20, CWE-73
CWE-668

References

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